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Dickensian school match! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

podsnap

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'dickensian' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'school match' is the wordplay.
'school' becomes 'pod' (term for a group of marine mammals).
'match' becomes 'snap' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pod'+'snap'='PODSNAP'

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(Other definitions for podsnap that I've seen before include "Literary philistine" , "Smug Dickensian" , "Mutual Friend pompous businessman" , "How pompous Dickensian" .)

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